Research Paper On Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah, an amazing African American woman who has accomplished many things over the years. She has recorded and acted. She has many talents to show us. She has many things to teach us too. She has been through things but she didn’t let them come between her and her dreams. She is an inspiration to others in this world and she is still doing things to keep getting further in life.

Dana Elaine Owens Aka “Queen Latifah” was born on March 18, 1970. She was born in Newark, New Jersey. She has a mother, a father and she had an older brother. Her mother’s name is Rita Owens, her father’s name is Lancelot Owens, and her brother’s name was Lancelot Hassan Owens Jr.

In the 1978 Dana and her family faced a bump in their life. Her mother and father got divorced. The same year Dana, Rita and Lance Jr had to move into a housing project in a tough neighborhood. While growing up Dana couldn’t roam the streets or be in a gang, she had to go to school. The school she attended was Irvington High School. Dana’s stage name didn’t magically appear, She had a cousin who helped her. Dana’s cousin Sharonda

Her older and only sibling Lance Jr Aka Once her career flew up to the top, Queen Latifah started getting into the acting industry. She started doing movies. She has been in 16 and many more movies. Some of her movies are Set it off, Living Out Loud, The Bone Collector, Chicago, Bringing Down the House, Juice, Jungle Fever, Taxi, Beauty Shop, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Hair Spray, Mad Money, The secret Life of Bees, Bessie, and Miracles from Heaven. She has also done tv shows like Living Single, 30 Rock, Single Ladies, the remake of Steel Magnolias, and The Queen Latifah Show. Queen Latifah has more than one career. She is known for more than one thing, she is know as a record producer, an actress, and a rapper. In her life as an actress and an artist, she has one awards. She has won a Grammy Award and an award for Best Rap